# 2001 Houston Comets season

The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Houston Comets. The team advanced to the WNBA Playoffs, but failed to win a fifth consecutive championship.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 15 | Amanda Lassiter | United States | Missouri |
| 2 | 31 | Tynesha Lewis | United States | NC State |
| 3 | 33 | ShaRae Mansfield | United States | Western Kentucky |
| 3 | 47 | Shala Crawford | United States | Life |
| 4 | 63 | Kristen Clement | United States | Tennessee |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Amanda Lassiter, Tynesha Lewis, ShaRae Mansfield, Shala Crawford and Kristen Clement in the 2001 WNBA Draft |
| April 23, 2001 | Traded Jennifer Rizzotti to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Anna DeForge |
| April 30, 2001 | Signed Daliborka Vilipić, Pietra Gay and Trisha Stafford-Odom |
| May 8, 2001 | Waived Pietra Gay and Shala Crawford |
| May 8, 2001 | Signed Angela Aycock and Franthea Price |
| May 10, 2001 | Waived Anna DeForge |
| May 11, 2001 | Waived Franthea Price |
| May 14, 2001 | Waived ShaRae Mansfield |
| May 25, 2001 | Waived Kristen Clement |
| May 27, 2001 | Suspended contracts of Angela Aycock, Daliborka Vilipić, Natalya Zasulskaya and Polina Tzekova |
| June 6, 2001 | Waived Angela Aycock |
| June 8, 2001 | Waived Daliborka Vilipić |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2001 game log Total: 19–13 (Home: 11–5; Road: 8–8) :
May: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 28
Los Angeles
L 63–66
Tina Thompson (23)
Janeth Arcain (6)
Janeth Arcain (4)
Compaq Center
0–1
2
May 31
@ Indiana
W 82–78
Arcain Thompson (26)
Janeth Arcain (7)
Coquese Washington (6)
Conseco Fieldhouse
1–1 :
June
: 9–1 (Home: 5–0; Road: 4–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
June 2
@ Detroit
W 74–73
Tina Thompson (28)
Tina Thompson (11)
Arcain Gibson Thompson Washington (2)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
2–1
4
June 5
@ Utah
W 72–68
Janeth Arcain (27)
Tina Thompson (10)
Amanda Lassiter (6)
Delta Center
3–1
5
June 7
Detroit
W 87–66
Janeth Arcain (27)
Tina Thompson (12)
Janeth Arcain (5)
Compaq Center
4–1
6
June 10
@ Phoenix
W 60–58
Tina Thompson (22)
Tina Thompson (10)
Coquese Washington (5)
America West Arena
5–1
7
June 21
Los Angeles
W 69–65
Tina Thompson (29)
Tammy Jackson (7)
Arcain Washington (5)
Compaq Center
6–1
8
June 23
Sacramento
W 70–56
Tina Thompson (21)
Tina Thompson (9)
Coquese Washington (5)
Compaq Center
7–1
9
June 24
Portland
W 67–57
Arcain Thompson (22)
Tina Thompson (7)
Coquese Washington (3)
Compaq Center
8–1
10
June 27
Washington
W 76–63
Tina Thompson (24)
Tina Thompson (8)
Coquese Washington (5)
Compaq Center
9–1
11
June 28
@ Sacramento
L 54–64
Tina Thompson (24)
Coquese Washington (8)
Coquese Washington (5)
ARCO Arena
9–2
12
June 30
@ Minnesota
W 59–52
Tina Thompson (17)
Tina Thompson (10)
Arcain Thompson Washington (4)
Target Center
10–2 :
July
: 6–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
July 2
Portland
W 74–67
Tina Thompson (29)
Tina Thompson (12)
Tammy Jackson (4)
Compaq Center
11–2
14
July 6
Indiana
W 79–64
Janeth Arcain (17)
Arcain Johnson (7)
Coquese Washington (5)
Compaq Center
12–2
15
July 8
Cleveland
L 53–63
Tina Thompson (19)
Lassiter Washington (5)
Coquese Washington (6)
Compaq Center
12–3
16
July 10
@ Sacramento
L 76–78 (2OT)
Tina Thompson (26)
Amanda Lassiter (13)
Janeth Arcain (6)
ARCO Arena
12–4
17
July 12
@ Portland
W 71–57
Arcain Thompson (22)
Tynesha Lewis (8)
Janeth Arcain (9)
Rose Garden
13–4
18
July 13
@ Seattle
W 58–55
Tina Thompson (22)
Tina Thompson (9)
Janeth Arcain (4)
KeyArena
14–4
19
July 18
@ Orlando
L 52–57
Janeth Arcain (17)
Tina Thompson (12)
Coquese Washington (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
14–5
20
July 20
@ Miami
L 50–64
Tammy Jackson (18)
Nekeshia Henderson (5)
Arcain Lassiter Shakirova (2)
American Airlines Arena
14–6
21
July 23
@ Minnesota
W 51–46
Tina Thompson (24)
Tina Thompson (10)
Coquese Washington (6)
Target Center
15–6
22
July 24
Utah
L 67–76
Janeth Arcain (29)
Janeth Arcain (8)
Coquese Washington (4)
Compaq Center
15–7
23
July 28
New York
L 61–64
Janeth Arcain (19)
Tina Thompson (9)
Coquese Washington (5)
Compaq Center
15–8
24
July 30
Seattle
W 55–51
Janeth Arcain (16)
Tina Thompson (11)
Tina Thompson (4)
Compaq Center
16–8 :
August
: 3–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
25
August 1
Utah
L 63–71
Janeth Arcain (18)
Tiffani Johnson (10)
Janeth Arcain (4)
Compaq Center
16–9
26
August 3
Orlando
W 72–60
Janeth Arcain (18)
Tina Thompson (11)
Coquese Washington (6)
Compaq Center
17–9
27
August 4
@ Charlotte
L 49–54
Janeth Arcain (20)
Tammy Jackson (9)
Coquese Washington (2)
Charlotte Coliseum
17–10
28
August 6
Phoenix
W 62–48
Janeth Arcain (18)
Tina Thompson (7)
Janeth Arcain (5)
Compaq Center
18–10
29
August 8
@ Seattle
L 55–72
Janeth Arcain (24)
Trisha Stafford-Odom (12)
Coquese Washington (4)
KeyArena
18–11
30
August 11
@ Los Angeles
L 54–65
Janeth Arcain (20)
Tina Thompson (6)
Thompson Washington (5)
Staples Center
18–12
31
August 13
Minnesota
W 74–60
Arcain Thompson (17)
Trisha Stafford-Odom (9)
Janeth Arcain (3)
Compaq Center
19–12
32
August 14
@ Phoenix
L 38–56
Elena Tornikidou (16)
Wendy Palmer (5)
Edwina Brown (7)
America West Arena
19–13 :
2001 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2001 playoff game log :
First round vs. Los Angeles Sparks Lost Series: 0–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
August 18
Los Angeles
L 59–64
Amanda Lassiter (17)
Tiffani Johnson (12)
Tina Thompson (5)
Compaq Center
0–1
2
August 20
@ Los Angeles
L 58–70
Janeth Arcain (18)
Coquese Washington (7)
Coquese Washington (3)
Staples Center
0–2 :
2001 playoff schedule :

### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 28 | 4 | .875 | 19–2 | – |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^x$ | 20 | 12 | .625 | 13–8 | 8.0 |
| Utah Starzz $^x$ | 19 | 13 | .594 | 11–10 | 9.0 |
| Houston Comets $^x$ | 19 | 13 | .594 | 13–8 | 9.0 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^o$ | 13 | 19 | .406 | 8–13 | 15.0 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^o$ | 12 | 20 | .375 | 9–12 | 16.0 |
| Portland Fire $^o$ | 11 | 21 | .344 | 5–16 | 17.0 |
| Seattle Storm $^o$ | 10 | 22 | .313 | 6–15 | 18.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Tina Thompson | 30 | 30 | 36.7 | .377 | .293 | .840 | 7.8 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 19.3 |
| Janeth Arcain | 32 | 32 | 36.1 | .426 | .333 | .900 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 18.5 |
| Coquese Washington | 32 | 32 | 31.7 | .356 | .358 | .636 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| Tiffani Johnson | 32 | 28 | 21.0 | .449 | N/A | .857 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Amanda Lassiter | 32 | 18 | 19.2 | .367 | .388 | .667 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 4.3 |
| Tynesha Lewis | 29 | 4 | 14.4 | .424 | .400 | .647 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.3 |
| Tammy Jackson | 32 | 4 | 13.8 | .500 | N/A | .450 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| Trisha Stafford-Odom | 30 | 4 | 12.2 | .368 | .000 | .673 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.8 |
| Kelley Gibson | 28 | 6 | 10.3 | .228 | .143 | .682 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Nekeshia Henderson | 23 | 0 | 7.8 | .237 | .273 | .286 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Elena Shakirova | 26 | 2 | 7.8 | .316 | .000 | .609 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season